1. “Compassion is the sometimes fatal capacity for feeling
what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It's the
knowledge that there can never really be any peace and
joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.”
― Frederick Buechner
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2. Believing in Christ and Walking in Love
“A Christian culture dominated by believing the right things about Jesus too
often forgets that believing in Christ and walking in love are inseparable...
[F]ollowers of Jesus have too often forgotten that articulating a position on
homosexuality does not in itself answer the questions: What does it mean for
me to love my homosexual neighbor as myself? Here again I look to the
traditionalists and beckon them to a more faithful embodiment of the gospel.”
J. R. Daniel Kirk, Jesus Have I Loved, But Paul?, Baker Academic, 2011 (186)
Sunday, August 18, 13

3. When We Love the Easiest to Ignore
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4. When We Love the Easiest to Ignore
‘I’m telling the solemn truth: Whenever you did one of these [unexpected, tangible
loving things] to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me—you did it to me.’
M A T T H E W 2 5
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5. When We Love the Easiest to Ignore
‘I’m telling the solemn truth: Whenever you did one of these [unexpected, tangible
loving things] to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me—you did it to me.’
‘Whenever you failed to do one of these things to someone who was being
overlooked or ignored, that was me—you failed to do it to me.’
M A T T H E W 2 5
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6. A Reframed Discussion
Why has our church historically been reluctant to apply some of
the most fundamental doctrines evenly to Christians who are
LGBTQ and what would it look like if we did?
Sunday, August 18, 13

7. A Reframed Discussion
Why has our church historically been reluctant to apply some of
the most fundamental doctrines evenly to Christians who are
LGBTQ and what would it look like if we did?
SIN
Everyone is equally
sinful and undeserving;
we’re all rats in the same
sinking, stinking boat.
Sunday, August 18, 13

8. A Reframed Discussion
Why has our church historically been reluctant to apply some of
the most fundamental doctrines evenly to Christians who are
LGBTQ and what would it look like if we did?
HOLINESS
The pursuit of holiness is a
moving target, but matters
to everyone who has
chosen to follow Jesus.
SIN
Everyone is equally
sinful and undeserving;
we’re all rats in the same
sinking, stinking boat.
Sunday, August 18, 13

9. A Reframed Discussion
Why has our church historically been reluctant to apply some of
the most fundamental doctrines evenly to Christians who are
LGBTQ and what would it look like if we did?
HOLINESS
The pursuit of holiness is a
moving target, but matters
to everyone who has
chosen to follow Jesus.
SIN
Everyone is equally
sinful and undeserving;
we’re all rats in the same
sinking, stinking boat.
CHURCH
Church should be a
grateful, reconciled,
mutually-submitting
new family in Christ.
Sunday, August 18, 13

10. A Reframed Discussion
Why has our church historically been reluctant to apply some of
the most fundamental doctrines evenly to Christians who are
LGBTQ and what would it look like if we did?
HOLINESS
The pursuit of holiness is a
moving target, but matters
to everyone who has
chosen to follow Jesus.
SIN
Everyone is equally
sinful and undeserving;
we’re all rats in the same
sinking, stinking boat.
CHURCH
Church should be a
grateful, reconciled,
mutually-submitting
new family in Christ.
LO E
The defining mark of
every Christian is loving
others in unexpected,
uncomfortable ways.
Sunday, August 18, 13

11. JOHN1512 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved
you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s
friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no
longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s
business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned
from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me,
but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—
fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father
will give you. 17 This is my command: Love each other.
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12. Jesus’ New Command
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13. LOVE EACH OTHERJesus’ New Command Just like Jesus loves us!
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14. LOVE EACH OTHERJesus’ New Command Just like Jesus loves us!
He sacrificed his life for his FRIENDS.
Sunday, August 18, 13

15. LOVE EACH OTHERJesus’ New Command Just like Jesus loves us!
He sacrificed his life for his FRIENDS.
His FRIENDS?
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16. LOVE EACH OTHERJesus’ New Command Just like Jesus loves us!
He sacrificed his life for his FRIENDS.
Know what matters most to Him.His FRIENDS?
Sunday, August 18, 13

17. LOVE EACH OTHERJesus’ New Command Just like Jesus loves us!
He sacrificed his life for his FRIENDS.
Know what matters most to Him.His FRIENDS? Obey. Copy.
Sunday, August 18, 13

18. LOVE EACH OTHERJesus’ New Command Just like Jesus loves us!
He sacrificed his life for his FRIENDS.
Know what matters most to Him.His FRIENDS? Obey. Copy.
Chose us to go and bear LASTING FRUIT
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19. LOVE EACH OTHERJesus’ New Command Just like Jesus loves us!
He sacrificed his life for his FRIENDS.
Know what matters most to Him.His FRIENDS? Obey. Copy.
Chose us to go and bear LASTING FRUIT Will give us whatever we need to do this.
bonusSunday, August 18, 13

20. Love
God
Love
People+
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21. Love
God
Love
People
“We love BECAUSE He first loved us.”
Daily experience
of God’s
unexpected,
uncomfortable,
unconditional
LOVE
+
1John419
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22. Daily experience
of God’s
unexpected,
uncomfortable,
unconditional
LOVE
Love
God
Love
People
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23. There must be a place where the salvation of the world can begin...
Daily experience
of God’s
unexpected,
uncomfortable,
unconditional
LOVE
Love
God
Love
People
Steadfast Agenda
evergreenLA
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24. A Grateful and Mutually-submitting Faith Village
September thru November
Diaconate Board
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25. A Grateful and Mutually-submitting Faith Village
Code of
Conduct
September thru November
Diaconate Board
Sunday, August 18, 13

26. A Grateful and Mutually-submitting Faith Village
Code of
Conduct
Shared
Biblical
Values
September thru November
Diaconate Board
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